While Zemeckis was simultaneously shooting Cast Away (with Tom Hanks on a deserted island for a year), Guber produced What Lies Beneath to keep the studio lights on. It was a return to the Hitchcockian thriller—tense, atmospheric, and dripping with dread.
The highest-grossing film of 1985. An Oscar for Sound Effects. And a permanent spot in the cultural DNA. The Darker Turn: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) This is where the Guber-Zemeckis partnership got weird—in the best way possible.
Zemeckis wanted to combine live-action and animation in a way that had never been attempted. The industry thought he was insane. The technical hurdles were a nightmare (every animated frame had to match a moving camera).
Peter Guber Produced Film: Directed By Robert Zemeckis
While Zemeckis was simultaneously shooting Cast Away (with Tom Hanks on a deserted island for a year), Guber produced What Lies Beneath to keep the studio lights on. It was a return to the Hitchcockian thriller—tense, atmospheric, and dripping with dread.
The highest-grossing film of 1985. An Oscar for Sound Effects. And a permanent spot in the cultural DNA. The Darker Turn: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) This is where the Guber-Zemeckis partnership got weird—in the best way possible.
Zemeckis wanted to combine live-action and animation in a way that had never been attempted. The industry thought he was insane. The technical hurdles were a nightmare (every animated frame had to match a moving camera).